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Next year at the GP the FIA are planning on shipping the FIA GT3 cars over to do 4 support races.

The cars that will be coming over include

Aston Martin DBRS9

Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

Ferrari 430 GT3

Porsche 997 GT3

Mosler Mt900R GT3

Ascari KZR1

Corvette Z06

Dodge Viper Competition Coupe

Jaguar XKR

Maserati Grandsport

There may be a couple of Australian Teams joining the field depending on car specifications....

Should be GREAT

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Next year at the GP the FIA are planning on shipping the FIA GT3 cars over to do 4 support races.

The cars that will be coming over include

Aston Martin DBRS9

Lamborghini Gallardo GT3

Ferrari 430 GT3

Porsche 997 GT3

Mosler Mt900R GT3

Ascari KZR1

Corvette Z06

Dodge Viper Competition Coupe

Jaguar XKR

Maserati Grandsport

There may be a couple of Australian Teams joining the field depending on car specifications....

Should be GREAT

If that happens - im already there

That's like calling a V8 Supercar a production car Roy, those things should never have been allowed to compete, as they didn't comply to the regulations that existed for the class (until the regs where rewritten to suit of course) The cars that they competed against should have been able to wipe the floor with them, until they where either ballasted or restricted out of competitiveness.

A great car no doubt but my point was the 427 cu in donk never went into production so it couldnt be a productin car...or are the rules such that the block is all that is required and therefore a stroker crank could be used. or....?

It was a Production Car. It didnt run a 427, like thats an old V8 they ran in old Corvettes and stuff. The thing had like coil packs, a power steering cooler and a cage. It wiped the floor with Eurpean exotica. So given a few mods it would wipe the floor with a GT car.

When they unpack the containers that the Euro GT cars come in they should dump all the crap in the boot of them rather then the pits...even up the weight a little and lets go racing. I mean it just wouldnt be the OZ GP unless there are some pushros V8 bangers winning races

Sorry....im just bored and should really be working

That "production car" ran a one off hand built 427ci engine very, very loosely based on a production motor. It was supposed to go into production, but as the retail price creept up past AUD 200,000 the entire project was canned.

It was already modded out of its mind and was never going to work in Aus. The hope had been that the Arabs would have taken them as Chey Lumina's.

The only part of this car that ever went into production were the trick rear Monaro type lights you often see fitted to VT/VY Commdores.

should be good to watch, but i'd still like the see the v8 supercars there aswell.

Hopfully the FIA like it down here, and bring a round of the sports cars down here.

I remember when the Monaro's got 1-2 at Bathurst, and Fitzgerald slagged them off on the podium "well i'm happy with being the first production car home"

It'll be shit to watch.

The V8's were excellent, so were the utes.

Being that they are not scared to have a bit of love tapping going on.

Everyone else just tries to avoid each other where ever possible.

Hence why open wheelers bore me to tears as they are sh|t scared of a bit of love tapping.

I'll be @ the GP again, but meh, wont be the same

The GT's have a different style of racing.

The Aston, Corvette and some of the other big cars have 520+hp and eat the smaller cars like the 997 and Maserati (about 450hp) down the straigh but loose time through corners and under brakes. It make great close racing.

as for the 427 this is a FIA event, there will be no way in hell Stephane Ratel will allow those inbred mongrels to run. The 427 is an joke and never should have been able to run. It was Holden money that got it entered. During the season the 420hp 360 ran all over the Monaro when it had the weight balast and restrictors on it. The 24 hour races they removed all of these and still only managed to qualify 2nd to JB in 2002

No not yet there are to many differences between the series.

the MC12 from the GT1 entered in the series but the team was scrapped after the car was alot slower than the Super GT cars.

the Mc12 is 620hp and the 350Z is only 450hp the aero is the main difference.

The Endless 350 Z tested for GT3 homologation but for some reason didn't get the green light.

But the GT1 cars that end up in the Japanese series are not the same cars that they started out as...the powers to be view them as having the wrong badges for starters. My understanding is the Japanese manufactureres are even more defensive then our Ford and Holden when it comes to protecting their spot in the front rows of the series

Firstly that joke of a Monaro ran a GT1 C5 corvette engine, double firewalls, altered suspension points, billet diff tubbed,and more.Anyone who was a threat in the Bathurst24hr couldnot enter or were restricted with no chance of winning, so the Euro teams took their bat and ball and went home.There was a lot of politic's leading into the next running of the event which finally saw an end to it,but it may be back in the not to distant future.

Dont judge GT racing from the coverage you see on

fox as it's useless.Our Ch10 need to go over and show em a thing or two on motorsport presentation. If its loud and fast it will be good.

I will be there. I'm heading to Vic this weekend for the Sandon Historic's to see the Porsche 962 run and will be organising my accommodation for the GP.

It will be on youtube next week.

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